Security Concepts

This section briefly explains the concepts associated with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) security.

In This Section

• Security Concepts Used in WCF
  A high-level overview of concepts used in security implementations.

• Distributed Application Security
  An overview of how WCF provides security in distributed application topography.

• WCF Security Terminology
  A glossary of terms used when discussing WCF security.

Reference

System.ServiceModel

System.ServiceModel.Channels

System.ServiceModel.Description

System.ServiceModel.Security

System.Security

Related Sections

Extending Security

See Also

Concepts

Security Overview

Other Resources

Windows Communication Foundation Security
Security Model for Windows Server App Fabric

Build Date: 2011-06-25